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WRITERS / CONTRIBUTORS WANTED

Chain D.L.K. is looking for RELIABLE AND ENTHUSIASTIC WRITERS interested in writing CD/vinyl/digital reviews and possibly doing interviews. Chain D.L.K. is a non-for-profit entity so this position is not paid, however you may keep or re-sell the CDs, vinyl and tapes that we send you for review. We need people who LOVE MUSIC and are PASSIONATE about music and who enjoy writing about it. We’ve been doing it since 1994 but it’s getting harder and harder to keep up with the volume of releases and we are trying to support everyone in this great scene! Contact Marc Ursellifromthe Contact Pageif you are interested. Thank you

According to Human Ear Music‘s info on “Demonstration Disc” (2017, CD/DL, HEM), the recent release by Jason Grier, “issues of labor theory, social practice, and sonic activism underly an abstract surface worked and re-worked toward a hallucinatory depth of field. Loud, decadent, irreverent, and cinematic, Demonstration Disc sounds like mashing down all the preset buttons […]

“Every angle is literally a view I have from my current window; I’m looking down into a pit filled with mostly deunionised 6-day per week workers who have travelled much, much further than I would have to if that were my workplace, building their way out of the city. So what’s my role here?” By these […]

Montreal-based sound-artist, performer and composer Nicolas Bernier recently dropped a new release on the label of Acte community (grouping some experimental sound artists on an edge of innovation, who are active in Montreal area). According to the introduction by the label, Transfert/Futur, the title of this release “marks a shift from Nicolas Bernier’s rather reductionist approach […]

The inventive Finnish-American guitar explorer Raoul Björkenheim recently released “Doors of Perception”, his third album on Cuneiform together with eCsTaSy, his brilliant band consisting of the brilliant drummer Markku Ounaskari – Raoul’s long-lasting partner in art -, the young hyperactive saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen, and the bassist Jori Huhtala. “In a way, it is countercultural,” Björkenheim […]

The inventive Australian experimental producer Ross Manning recently dropped “Reflex In Waves”, which is more a co-production between Lawrence English’s imprint Room40 and Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art, related to Manning’s first survey exhibition, titled Dissonant Rhythms. Before Ross starts an already-announced tour to bring this exhibition to many places throughout Australia (in ten venues […]

Founded in 1988, The Cascades are a Gothic/Post Punk Rock band from Germany. Their style is old-school goth (think Sisters of Mercy) with a modern, artistic sensibility. Over the years they’ve gone through some personnel changes but the band now consists of M. W. Wild – vocals; Morientes de Silva – guitar; and Markus Muller […]

Degada Saf: Chain D.L.K.: First of all, the classic question, why did you decide to form Degada Saf and what were your first steps?Degada Saf: I started off with a punk-rock band playing songs by Lou Reed, Patti Smith, David Bowie, Sex Pistols, Ramones and others, but after a couple...

David Shea:
Just after listening to his new album "Rituals" on renowned label Room40, we had a chat with famous song writer David Shea. Known especially for his connection with John Zorn and the New York City downtown scene, as well as for plenty of releases with interesting links to other cultural fields, ...

No Comment: Nocomment is a very productive band with a different policy than other bands. On singles and EPs they always add a lot of remixes, other versions and other tracks that will not be included in another album. They even approach their Best Of album in a special way with songs from the past and fr...

Daniel Myer: Chain D.L.K.: When did you start Haujobb and how did you all meet? Daniel Myer: We started under the name "Haujobb" in 1992. We started in the early 90's. We we're very impresssed with bands like Sepultura and Metallica and then we listened to Skinny Puppy's Too Dark Park, and we decided to do some...

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Writers Wanted

Chain D.L.K. is looking for RELIABLE AND ENTHUSIASTIC WRITERS interested in writing reviews and possibly doing interviews.
Chain D.L.K. is a non-for-profit entity so this position is not paid, however you will receive lots of CDs that you can keep or re-sell.
We need people who LOVE MUSIC and are PASSIONATE about music and who enjoy writing about it.
Contact Marc Urselli form the Contact Page if you are interested.
Thank you